CarGurus is looking to hire a backend engineer to drive their consumer-facing experiences forward, specifically rebuilding and reimagining the entire user experience for their mobile app to help customers find the perfect car at a fair price.
Requirements
- 4-10 years of hands-on software design and development experience
- Expert in OOP (Java required), ideally in fast paced environments
- Solid experience in the data layer including SQL, caching strategies, and storage alternatives
- A strong understanding of data structures, algorithms and complexity analysis
- Experience working with web tier technologies and strategies
- Experience with A/B testing and/or performance testing
- Experience with AWS
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with fellow engineers, designers, product managers, and analysts to take an idea from concept to technical design to implementation to testing to measurement
- Drive impact forward. This could be anything from implementing a new full consumer facing feature, to integrating with a key partner or technology, to an SEO test to help determine impact
- Be deeply engaged in the full development lifecycle designing, developing, testing, deploying, maintaining, monitoring and improving software
- Investigate, identify, and implement API performance enhancements
- Advocate for new technology and new methodologies
- Continuously learn and expand your capabilities
Other
- Experience working in cross-functional teams with front-end engineers, Product, and UX
- The ability to iterate and ship ideas quickly
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
